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...automatically pro-Israeli. He sent off warm and tactful letters to the chiefs of state of the United Arab Republic, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. To Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, Kennedy recalled U.S. support at the time of Suez, to Lebanon's President Fuad Che-hab he mentioned the 1958 landing of U.S. Marines. To each, Kennedy promised that the U.S. was "willing to share in the labors and burdens" of resolving the Arab-Israel controversy, and in particular the problem of the Arab refugees from Palestine on "the principle of repatriation and compensation for property...
...rejuvenation is the work of a unique movement called Epi-Hab, short for "epileptic rehabilitation." Epi-Hab has opened four miniature factories in which epileptics prove to themselves and to industry that they can man an assembly line. Says Epi-Hab's founder, Los Angeles Psychologist Frank Risch: "Epileptics are not human junk...
...Corner. Epi-Hab began in 1949, when Dr. Risch, a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, joined the staff of the Los Angeles Veterans Administration Hospital. He set up a machine shop on the grounds, manned it with ten epileptics. In one corner Risch placed a cot. When a worker suffered a seizure, he was helped to the cot and cared for. When the seizure passed, he was encouraged to march right back to his machine. In 1956, with a small grant from the U.S. Government, Risch opened his first Epi-Hab plant in downtown Los Angeles, independent...
...Ahmed Daouk pleaded wet-eyed for 90 minutes. Interior Minister Edmond Gaspard cried: "Had I the power, I would deny you the right to resign." Two prominent politicians got the news at bathing beaches and, dragging their robes, galloped across the sand to the nearest telephones. Shopkeepers in Che-hab's home town of Jounieh closed down to protest the resignation, and churches of his faith (Maronite Roman Catholic) tolled their bells in sorrow. Politicians kept Chehab's telephone jangling and pounded on the door of his Jounieh home...
Living up to its name, the orchestra also played two Bach cantatas. The first was a solo cantata for baritone, strings, oboe, and continue, Ich hab genug (No. 82.). The orchestra was beautifully conducted by Greenebaum, but soloist Gary Gaines was clearly unequal to the taxing vocal line. His voice lacked support, volume, and depth; and his breath control was insufficient to sustain the phrases. The other cantata, Wachet auf (No. 140), fared better. The chorus, numbering only twelve, was well trained by Edward Lloyd, and bass soloist Thomas Beveridge sang with feeling. The soprano soloist was Sara-Jane Smith...